NUR 806 Week 2 - psych interview Questions and answers verified
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Course
NUR 806
Institution
NUR 806
NUR 806 Week 2 - psych interview Questions and answers verified
Purpose
- Psychiatric interview serves the purpose of establishing trust
o Have an opportunity to pull together data while keeping a larger goal in mind
o Allows us to have dx plan at end of interview
▪ Might not be the complete...
NUR 806 Week 2 - psych interview
Questions and answers verified
Purpose
- Psychiatric interview serves the purpose of establishing trust
o Have an opportunity to pull together data while keeping a larger goal in mind
o Allows us to have dx plan at end of interview
▪ Might not be the complete overall plan but the way pts treatment is
going to start
- Method to gather information to synthesize plan of treatment
- Obtain psychiatric data to formulate diagnosis
- Build alliance/trust
- The patient has the opportunity to let us know what their major concern is and what
txt they are hoping for
Effective interview
- Ask open-ended questions
o Give the opportunity to give us as much info as possible
o Not going to find out additional data with closed-ended questions
- General lead (go on.)
o Continuation technique
o Tell me more
o Really? Go on..
o Works esp. with kids
- Neutral conversation
o Talking about something non-psychiatric or reason they are seeing you
o Ex. Walking pt from waiting room start asking about the weather, weekend,
what they did yesterday, etc..
▪ Helps gather info
- The second interview as needed; recognize if the patient needs to stop
o We’re not going to be able to finish now so let’s stop and make an appt for
an additional interview
Therapeutic alliance
- Be yourself
- Warm, courteous, non-judgmental
o Respectful of who pt is and who they want to portray whether or not you agree
- SOLER
o Sitting position
o How you’re looking at them
o What you’re doing to listen
- Defuse the uncomfortable silence
o Comfy topics, something they don’t want to talk about
- Project competence
o Pt will second guess if they think you don’t know what you’re doing
- Eye contact
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o Difficult with kids – usually the older the kids the more eye contact you’ll get
o Be mindful, don’t stare
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